User:Dual Freq/Victory Ordnance Plant

The Victory Ordnance Plant was a engine plant in Decatur, Illinois. operated by the Caterpillar Military Engine Company to produce engines for the US military during World War II. Following the war the site became a US signal corps depot until the early 1960s. A large portion of the site was sold to Firestone and became a rubber tire production facility. The Bridgestone-Firestone facility was closed in the early 2000s following the Firestone and Ford tire controversy. The plant produced many of the tires used on the Ford Explorer and was at the center of the controversy.

Despite the use of the word ordnance in the name, there was never any ammunition or explosives manufactured at the Victory Ordnance Plant. Instead, the plant made engines for the US Navy and for tanks.